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poodle
(puːdəl)
Word forms: plural poodles
countable noun
A poodle is a type of dog with thick curly hair.
poodle in British English
(ˈpuːdəl)
noun
1.
a breed of dog, with varieties of different sizes, having curly hair, which is often clipped from ribs to tail for showing: originally bred to hunt waterfowl
2.
a person who is servile; lackey
Word origin
C19: from German Pudel, short for Pudelhund, from pudeln to splash + Hund dog; the dogs were formerly trained as water dogs; see puddle, hound1poodle in American English
(ˈpudəl)
noun
any of a breed of dog with a curly coat in a solid color, usually clipped in one of a variety of patterns: the breed has three varieties differing only in size — standard, over 15 in (38 cm) high at the shoulder; miniature, 15 in or under but over 10 in (25.4 cm); toy, 10 in or under
Word origin
Ger pudel < LowG pudel(hund) < pudeln, to splash (akin to puddle) + hund, dog: see hound1Image ofpoodle
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British English: poodle /ˈpuːdl/ NOUN
A poodle is a type of dog with thick curly hair.
- American English: poodle
- Arabic: كَلْبُ البُودِل
- Brazilian Portuguese: poodle
- Chinese: 狮子狗
- Croatian: pudlica
- Czech: pudl
- Danish: puddel
- Dutch: poedel
- European Spanish: caniche
- Finnish: villakoira
- French: caniche
- German: Pudel
- Greek: κανίς
- Italian: barboncino
- Japanese: プードル
- Korean: 푸들
- Norwegian: puddel
- Polish: pudel
- European Portuguese: caniche
- Romanian: pudel
- Russian: пудель
- Latin American Spanish: caniche
- Swedish: pudel
- Thai: สุนัขพันธุ์พุดเดิ้ล
- Turkish: kaniş
- Ukrainian: пудель
- Vietnamese: chó lông xù
Chinese translation of 'poodle'
poodle
(ˈpuːdl)
n (c)
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卷(捲)毛狮(獅)子狗
(juǎnmáo shīzigǒu) (只, zhī)